{"id":311,"date":"2018-10-07T14:58:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T21:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=311"},"modified":"2018-10-07T19:32:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T02:32:40","slug":"im-reading-week-oct-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/im-reading-week-oct-6th\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; Week of Oct 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below are some of the most intriguing, thought-provoking and actionable performance-related content pieces I read and watched this week:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-230\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/header_extended_2-1024x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/header_extended_2-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/header_extended_2-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/header_extended_2-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/header_extended_2.jpg 1895w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On The Value of Distraction<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/a-new-theory-of-distraction\">https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/a-new-theory-of-distraction\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>What if, in fact, we\u2019re not very good at being distracted? What if we actually don\u2019t value distraction enough?<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On Self Doubt<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2018\/09\/self-doubt-is-good\/\">https:\/\/stevenpressfield.com\/2018\/09\/self-doubt-is-good\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>For every measure of self-doubt we experience consciously, there is an equal and opposite measure of self-belief growing and enlarging itself unconsciously. Our self-doubt is the inverse manifestation of our artistic dream.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The greater the one, the greater the other<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On The Different Types of &#8216;Smart&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/different-kinds-of-smart\/\">https:\/\/www.collaborativefund.com\/blog\/different-kinds-of-smart\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The smart way to handle long-term thinking is enjoying what you\u2019re doing day to day enough that the terminal rewards don\u2019t constantly cross your mind.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On The Value of Not Knowing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/awealthofcommonsense.com\/2014\/11\/value-dont-know\/\">https:\/\/awealthofcommonsense.com\/2014\/11\/value-dont-know\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The way we traditionally conceive of ignorance\u2014as an absence of knowledge\u2014leads us to think of education as its natural antidote. But education can produce illusory confidence<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are some of the most intriguing, thought-provoking and actionable performance-related content pieces I read and watched this week: On The Value of Distraction https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/a-new-theory-of-distraction\u00a0 &#8220;What if, in fact, we\u2019re not very good at being distracted? 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